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Field Snapshots: Seoul’s National Museum of Korea and Yongsan Family Park (23 March 2019)
I gave myself a nice, easy, relaxed start to my holiday in Seoul this past spring. So relaxed, in fact, that there isn’t much to say about those first few hours. I paid my old friend the National Museum of Korea a visit – as is my habit whenever I’m in Seoul – and, since…
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(Mini-)Terminal Report: The Arrivals Zone of Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL) T1, Metro Manila, Philippines
***UPDATE (added 09 December 2022): The information on this page is outdated and has been completely superseded by a new Airport Guide. For current details about MNL Terminal 1, please click here.*** We’ve taken a detailed look at the departures zone of Ninoy Aquino International Airport’s Terminal 1 through one of my previous Terminal Reports.…
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Rail Report: The “Fujisan Tokkyū” Train between Kawaguchiko and Ōtsuki, Japan
Japan’s iconic Mount Fuji looms large over the surrounding landscape, so it’s possible to see the mountain from many vantage points. That said, some of the best views can be enjoyed from the northern shore of Kawaguchiko, a large lake at the base of Mount Fuji – and it’s got the added advantage of being…
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Field Report: A walk through the grounds of Nagoya Castle, Japan (28 November 2018)
In my previous post, I wrote in detail about the newly reconstructed Honmaru Palace of Nagoya Castle. Needless to say, that episode was just a slice out of a visit to the castle compound, which has a lot more to see besides the palace at its centre. Let’s see how the rest of that day…
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Field Report: The Honmaru Palace of Nagoya Castle, Japan (28 November 2018)
I’ve long had a keen interest in the ambitious project to resurrect the lost Honmaru Palace of Nagoya Castle: quite possibly one of the most magnificent examples of 17th-century Japanese architecture to have survived from the Edo Period. (Well, up until it was reduced to cinders by Allied bombing in 1945.) Over the course of…
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